Reforming U.S. Counter-Terrorism Assistance Programs
By Andrew Cochran
On February 12, Professor Yonah Alexander and I co-chaired a special seminar titled, “Reforming U.S. Counter-Terrorism Assistance Programs,” on Capitol Hill in Washington. Our keynote speakers were Rep. Brad Sherman, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and Rep. Edward R. Royce, the Subcommittee Ranking Member. Our panelists were Contributing Experts Michael Kraft, Victor Comras, and Matthew Levitt.
The event was co-sponsored by the Counterterrorism Foundation; the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies, the International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies at the International Law Institute.
You can download the transcript of the event here, and thanks to Assistant Newslinks Editor Brett Wallace for preparing the transcript. Towards the end of the Q-&-A session, we heard from the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department, Ambassador Dell Dailey, who attended along with Deputy Coordinator for the Programs Directorate, Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley. We also thank Michelle Zewin, Prof. Alexander's assistant at the Potomac Institute, for her help.
